Darl is also brings humiliation for Anse because other townsfolk are always talking about Darl and how strange he is. His parents aren’t the only ones who have a troubled relationship with Darl. Jewel absolutely hates his brother Darl. Darl frequently torments his younger brother giving reason for Jewel to shun Darl. Dewey Dell hates Darl because she can’t keep any secrets from him, because he can look at her and know what she’s hiding.
Anse Bundren is an uneducated farmer whose selfish tendencies in his personality result in poor parenting and relations with others. Anse is extremely selfish as well as stubborn and throughout the book he butts heads with the other characters. For Anse his wife's death is just bad luck and he seems only to feel bad for himself, not for the loss of her. Even his intentions for her burial are laced with selfishness because he will acquire a new set of false teeth. Anse’s exaggerated traits of selfishness distance him from the other characters and others tend to dislike him because of his self-centered personality.
It also had its negative effects on Atticus, when he was called degrading names like ‘nigger lover’ and being treated badly by the townspeople for defending Tom. His children were also persecuted because of his courageous act. Boo Radley was another man in the town who suffered severely due to the demeanour of others who had superstitions and judgements made up about him causing children to harass him just because he didn't want to leave his house and lastly Dolphus Raymond who suffered emotionally just because he lived with a black and had mixed children. The racial and prejudice attitudes of the townspeople in Maycomb is the driving force behind nearly all the negative events that happen in the story which caused emotional and physical pain to many
I see behavior like this everyday, as I walk down the high school halls, into the lunchroom, even just kids hanging out in town – there is always some one judging someone. We need to learn the lessons Scout did to fix this, we need to put ourselves in their shoes. Anywhere and everywhere there is always a mockingbird bound to be shot down. We have to “remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird…. Mockingbirds don’t do anything but make music for us to enjoy.” (pg.
These are only some behaviors that you may see in people to pinpoint their growing harshly judged flaws. Self-doubting and constantly apologizing for redundant events can also be behaviors that point towards an insecure person. Being indecisive or putting yourself down are also behaviors of insecurity. Some people have nervous laughs to expresses there uncomfortableness, insecure people can also be very self-sacrificing, always giving up there spot by putting others before themselves. Insecurities can turn people into dependable persons, who confide in their partners for reassurance of the relationship constantly, insecure people also have a hard time asking for favors or for help, probably too shy to ask for any help that they might
They “were considered antisocial” (Flack, 4) and were not accepted into the town. They did not communicate with anyone unless spoken to. Therefore the people could not get to know them. Also, not only were they judged for their behaviors, the Duvitch’s “were marked people. They were the one struggling family in a prosperous community.” (Flack, 3) This was embarrassing to the town and “They were considered unattractive physically.” (Flack, 3) Later on in the story, the town’s people noticed Andy and his family’s relationship with the Duvitch’s.
Landon shows disrespect towards his Principle through his body language and tone of voice, instead of sitting up politely, he slouches and talks back. Not only does Landon not care about authority he consistently rebels against societal norms such as: caring, having morals, having a sense of self and having a conscience. Landon displays these abnormalities by not standing up to his friends when they made fun of Jamie for talking to Landon, by not feeling nearly enough sympathy for the boy who got hurt even though it was Landon who pushed him. Landon displays a lack of morals by drinking and driving. One of the reasons to Landon’s misconduct is that he completely and utterly disrespects and loathes his Father figure.
This demonstrated that Boo had no connections to anyone outside his house since he was not allowed to have one which made misery rain on him. Lastly Boo was always discriminated and never appreciated for anything he had done to serve society. As the people of Maycomb always on thought of Boo being a bad person, he was shown evidently that he served society as a secret hero such as when he had saved the children from Bob Ewell; “Mr. Ewell was tryin’ to squeeze me to death . .
"To Kill a Mockingbird" is an all-time classic novel which discusses family in a prejudice and discriminating way. Throughout the entire text, family values and morals is often brought up in a different way whether through direct wording or even under a saying. Many main characters show us the way families work but sometimes it is somewhat minor characters, much like that of Aunt Alexandra, that can bring up some issues among not only direct families, but sometimes how that family affects the town of Maycomb. Family is more often than not an individual's biggest influence as they are their main social group whilst growing up. Many of the families traits from past generations will arise in the children as that is more often than not all they know.
The negative effects of competition are always present and waiting to latch on to any kid that is not guided toward the positive lessons to be learned. A loss of confidence and self-esteem is a destructive lesson to learn from competing. Some competitors can lose gracefully. However a good number are sore-losers. They resort to all sorts of excuses and blames for their poor performances.